<TITLE>07. Par 65-74</TITLE>L-65 I think I got the mother right when I said that. All right. I had another lady the other night. And I suppose this is the father out here somewhere. Somebody pointed over here to the father. Yes. All right. The Lord bless him. And I hope our paths cross again somewhere in life. If it don't, we'll get the gate there that morning. That's right. Now, before we...

L-66   After expressing ourselves the way we have, and I believe that happiness goes with Christians. I've never been sad that I was a Christian. I'm always happy I'm a Christian. And, oh, joybells has ring in my heart now for some thirty-five years since Jesus Christ came into my heart. I've never been able to express it. It's joy unspeakable and full of glory. But now, as we approach the Word, let's just lay our little laughter aside, and--and let's look right into the Word now, just for a moment.

L-67 Lord Jesus, now You help us, as we read the Word. And may the great Holy Spirit that was sent to be our Tutor, sent to raise us, and teach us the things and the way of God, may He come now and take the Word, and deliver It to each heart just as we have need. In Jesus' Name, we pray. Amen.

L-68   Now, if you wish to turn to the Scripture that I want to read, it's found in Saint Matthew the 14th chapter, and we're going to begin at the 22nd verse.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the winds were contrary.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the water. (Or beg your pardon.)... walking on the sea.
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But Jesus straight...
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of a good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

L-69   Now, if I was going to call this a text... And I try to keep the little messages simple and like drama, so that the little fellows can enjoy it. And I'd call this a text, this: Be Not Afraid.

L-70 Three words, I use them a lot of times: Believest thou this? and, Come, See A Man. And it's a little three-word texts.

L-71 And now I want to use that for a text: Be Not Afraid. And then for a subject, I'm going to use this, "A testimony meeting on the sea."

L-72   It must have been kind of late in the afternoon. The sun was just about gone down; twilight was setting in; and they all tired and worn. Been a great day for the group. The big, brawny muscled, bald-headed fisherman was pushing out the boat into the sea of Galilee. And as he finally got the bow floating, he climbed aboard and set down by the side of his brother, Andrew. It was called, in the Bible, a ship.

L-73 Now, a ship isn't what we call a ship today. The ships then were mostly propelled by an oars. And they had the... The gunwales were high, and 'cause the great waves come on the sea there quite often, and they had to have high sides. And usually two men to each oar, setting at one side of the ship, and one the other, and sometimes, six or eight men pulled in a ship. They were commercial fishermen along the Galilee. And they have it today. It hasn't changed one bit since that day. Still the same, fish the same way, same kind of nets, and everything.

L-74   Now, and as they turned the ship around and started, the bank was full of people. And they would make a couple of strokes with their oars, and wave back good-bye to them. And everybody saying, "Come back and see us again. Be sure to bring your Master when you come back to see us again." They was on the road across the sea, and it was quite a little distance. And they'd have to pull hard to get over there that night.


<A HREF="P8">Next Page</A>